Halloween 2011

SWAT/FBI hybrid & Spider Princess ready to roll.
...little did they know that I'd found a great neighborhood full of nice rolling hills to go trick-or-treating in! (insert evil laugh here)







Mr.I-hate-having-my-picture-taken was suddenly a poser, as long as he had weapons in hand. I'll spare you the 11 other shots..all very macheesmo & threatening. The other kid was NOT interested in shots outside or anywhere else. She was waiting in the car dying to dive into candyland.

































By the end of two hours the kids were begging for water, new legs and their beds- in no particular order. We came home, ate a late dinner and they promptly passed out before even pawing through their candy. Wow. I better check it out FOR them..make sure it's edible and that there aren't any Butterfingers in there. Well. After tonight there won't be...(insert another evil laugh here). And THAT is how it's done, my friends...

Happy Halloween!

XOXO
~S

weekend

The best part of waking up is STARBUCKS in my cup thankyouverymuch. Made eggs & cinnamon raisin toast for breakfast on Saturday. And coffee. LOTS of coffee. Apparently not enough though. I started to make cinnamon rolls- had double checked the cupboards to make sure I had everything. Got to the part where you stir in the flour after the yeast and lo & behold... 1 cup short and that new package of "flour" in the cupboard was actually sugar. D'oh! A quick jaunt up to the store and back but I think mixing in the last cup ruined them. They were moist and delicious but they didn't raise well while baking like they normally do.







"Arise!!!" Nope...still nuthin'. This was just before I put them in the oven. They're supposed to be bumping into each other with their bad, plump, puffy selves. And they. so. were. NOT.









The kids and I enjoyed watching portions of Halloween Wars on the Food Network. And then we set out to carve our own pumpkins.











This is what happens when you try and get your son to allow you to take his picture. And you plead and whine and stick out your lower lip and tip your head just so---none of that worked. So I said "boogers." Voila.







It's REALLY slimy !!!







Our own Fall spa treatment. No charge!



My personal favorite part of hollowing out a pumpkin. Normally I just toss  a bunch of salt on 'em and pop them in the oven but this time I tossed them in a little olive oil-then sprinkled them with  sea salt, cayenne and a little paprika and toasted. Mmmmm mmmmm good!

XOXO
~S

This Last Week...

It was a challenging week. But there were some moments of happiness/contentment nestled in here and there...



Pot roast and veggies= pure comfort food & delicious aroma in the house.



Evening beverages on rainy evenings.



Pumpkins popping up everywhere. And little messes here and there...always.








 Watched Josie pull this out of her school bag the other night. I couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic. I was her age when I became a HUGE fan of these books.

This weekend has been a wonderful reprieve from the past week. I hope this coming week is better. Praying for a good attitude and the energy to overcome the negative. I'm afraid I've suffered from a prolonged case of WouldaShouldaCoulda's and need to accept the outcome of choices and make the best of situations that I cannot change. AND for the situations I *can* change- to GO. FOR. IT.

XOXO
~S